Forensic Forum: Will Forensic Psychiatry survive DSM-5?

Will forensic psychiatry survive DSM-5?

Commentary: DSM-5 and Forensic Psychiatry.

The periodic revisions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) reset the standard for diagnosis of mental disorders and hence are of immense importance to the mental health professions. Although primarily intended for use by clinicians, the criteria embodied in the manual serve several other purposes, including undergirding forensic evaluatio...

[The disclosed DSM-5: what impact will it have on forensic psychiatry?].

INTRODUCTION On 10 February 2010, the American Psychiatric Association published an online draft of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which, like the previous editions, after having received several comments and contributions, was subject during the next following years, to the technical and scientific scrutiny, and, of course, susceptible to modifi...

forensic psychiatry in iran

in iran, department of forensic psychiatry is one of the special units of legal medicine organization concerned with individuals who demonstrate psychological and psychiatric problems. the duties of forensic psychiatrists in the department are, performing psychiatric examinations and determining mental competence of two major groups of referrals: individuals who are involved in a legal problem ...

Introduction to the special section on DSM-5 and forensic psychiatry.

The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) 2013 publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), marks the first substantial revision of the psychiatric diagnostic classification system since the publication of DSM-III in 1980. In recent decades, significant advances in behavioral science, neuropsychiatry, molecular genetics, neuroimaging, and o...